County · November 3, 2026 General Election
Handles wills, estates, guardianships and mental-health commitments.
What this office does
The Texas Constitution limits each county to a single county court, so the Legislature creates statutory county courts at law in more populous counties. The jurisdiction of each varies and is set by the statute creating that court; civil jurisdiction generally exceeds a justice court's and falls below a district court's, and these courts usually hear appeals from justice of the peace and municipal courts. County-level courts handle Class A and Class B misdemeanors. Statutory probate courts have original and exclusive jurisdiction over probate, guardianship and mental health commitments.
| What we compare | Jason Cox | Ronald Schramm |
|---|---|---|
| Work | — | Attorney (licensed in Texas; practice areas: Consumer, Insurance, Litigation: Commercial, Litigation: Personal Injury)State Bar of Texas – Find A Lawyer (Ronald Paul Schramm) ↗ |
| Money | No machine-readable funding publishedCandidates for this office file with a local authority — the county clerk — which doesn’t publish filings in a form we can read automatically. That’s a gap in the filing system, not a statement about any campaign. Texas Ethics Commission — local filing authorities ↗ | |
| Their words | “Since 2019, I've been the judge of Harris County Probate Court #3, and my background and prior professional experience make me uniquely qualified to serve.”Campaign site – About page — self-reported ↗ | No published platform we could quote |
| Records check | 4 official registries searched for every candidate in this race on 28 July 2026 — nothing found. Texas Legislature (impeachment records) · Texas Ethics Commission (final orders) · State Bar of Texas (attorney discipline) · Texas State Securities Board (enforcement orders). | |
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